- Date
- December 29, 1990, 20:15 local (Dec 30, 1990, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- Austell, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2794YBeech B95
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901229056389A
- Case key
- 8303
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power which resulted from the pilot's failure to properly use the carburetor heat. The pilot failed to maintain flying speed during the emergency descent which resulted in a stall on final approach. A factor in the accident was weather conditions favorable to carburetor icing.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot had completed four instrument procedures to fulton county airport, and was unable to land due to low ceilings. Weather conditions in the atlanta area were poor; however according to approach control, other airplanes had landed at dekalb-peachtree airport (pdk). The pilot was informed of the possibility of attempting an approach into pdk; he elected to execute another approach into fulton county. During the fifth approach, the pilot reported an unspecified loss of engine power. The airplane stalled, crashed, and burned short of runway 8. The wreckage examination failed to indicate a mechanial problem. The accident occurred on a dark night under instrument weather conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2794Y
- Reported as
- Beech B95
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TD-165
- Airframe hours
- 3,528
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360 A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Luther, Mark, doing business as Phoenix Aviation Inc.,
- Departed
- 21A · Alabaster, AL
- Destination
- FTY · Atlanta, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FTY · Fulton County, runway 8, 5,796 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 200 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Observed at
- FTY, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2794Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.